more generous Beaujolais—one that smells of cellar air and Sunday lunch rather than gloss and polish
with hints of strawberries and vivid minerality
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and a faint floral note that suggests crushed rose petal and dry herbs
Arnaud Lambert Saumur Champigny Montee des Roches Willamette Valley Festival 2024 more generous Beaujolais—one that smells2021 Arnaud Lambert Saumur Champigny La Monte des Roches opens cool and precise, Cabernet Franc in its Loire cadence: red currant, tart cherry, and wild raspberry threaded with graphite, crushed stone, and a gentle leafy greenness. Theres a savory edge of bell pepper skin, fresh tobacco, and damp earth, the palate taut and nervy, carried by bright acidity and fine, chalk dust tannins. It finishes quietly mineral and refreshing, all lift and limestone